Jobbik asks President Áderr to return outdoor media law to Constitutional Court

Jobbik asks the President of Hungary not to sign the outdoor media law but to submit it to the Constitutional Court (CC) for a preliminary review because the party believes the legislation fails to meet any legal criteria.

In his Budapest press conference on Wednesday, Jobbik spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said President Áder had three options:

A), Sign the act on the protection of city image, B) return it to Parliament on the grounds of a violation of procedural law or C) turn to the CC.

The party asks the President of the Republic to choose the third option. The MP added that Jobbik was going to do the same and they were sure that they would collect the required support of 50 Members of Parliament.

Explaining what was at stake, Mr Mirkóczki said it was an anti-Jobbik legislation which, if it remains effective, will prevent people from speaking out the truth in Hungary.

“If the President of the Republic has any professional self-esteem left, he will refuse to sign this legislation otherwise he would assist to silencing the truth and allowing nothing but the government’s dishonest propaganda to be published,” the MP asserted.